tears

英 [teəz]

美 [terz]

v.  撕裂; 撕碎; 扯破; 戳破; 撕开，划成，刺出，扯开(裂口或洞); 拉掉; 撕掉; 拔掉; 扯掉
n.  破洞; 裂口; 裂缝
n.  眼泪; 泪珠; 泪水
tear的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

CRYING 哭泣

• N-COUNT 眼泪;泪水;泪珠
  Tearsare the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying.
  1. Her eyes filled with tears...
     她双眼噙满泪水。
  2. I just broke down and wept with tears of joy...
     我一下子禁不住喜极而泣。
  3. I didn't shed a single tear.
     我一滴眼泪也没掉。
• N-PLURAL 哭泣
  You can usetearsin expressions such asin tears,burst into tears, andclose to tearsto indicate that someone is crying or is almost crying.
  1. He was in floods of tears on the phone...
     他在电话里失声痛哭。
  2. She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen...
     她突然哭了，跑出了厨房。
  3. She was conscious of being very near to tears.
     她意识到自己快哭出来了。
• See also:crocodile tearssweatand tears

DAMAGING OR MOVING 损坏或移动

• V-ERG 撕开;扯坏;扯破
  If youtearpaper, cloth, or another material, or if ittears, you pull it into two pieces or you pull it so that a hole appears in it.
  1. She very nearly tore my overcoat...
     她差点把我的大衣扯破了。
  2. Mary Ann tore the edge off her napkin...
     玛丽·安撕掉了餐巾的边儿。
  3. He took a small notebook from his jacket pocket and tore out a page...
     他从上衣口袋里掏出小笔记本，撕下来一页。
  4. Too fine a material may tear...
     料子太薄容易撕破。
  5. Nancy quickly tore open the envelope...
     南希飞快撕开信封。
  6. He noticed that fabric was tearing away from the plane's wing...
     他注意到机翼在一块一块地断裂。
  7. He went ashore leaving me to start repairing the torn sail.
     他上岸去了，留下我修理被撕破的船帆。
  8. Tear upmeans the same astear.
     tear up 同 tear
  9. She tore the letter up...
     她撕开信。
  10. Don't you dare tear up her ticket.
      谅你也不敢撕她的票。
  11. ...a torn up photograph.
      撕碎的照片
• N-COUNT (纸、布等的)破洞，窟窿
  Atearin paper, cloth, or another material is a hole that has been made in it.
  1. I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.
     我通过篷车帘子的破洞窥视。
• VERB 撕裂，撕开，划破(皮肉)
  If somethingtearsyour flesh or skin, it cuts it badly.
  1. Canine teeth are for piercing and killing prey, and tearing flesh...
     犬齿用来咬穿、咬死猎物，还可以撕肉。
  2. He had stumbled down and torn the skin from his knees.
     他绊倒在地，膝盖上蹭破了皮。
• V-ERG (使)(肌肉、韧带)拉伤，撕裂
  If youtearone of your muscles or ligaments, or if ittears, you injure it by accidentally moving it in the wrong way.
  1. He tore a muscle in his right thigh...
     他右大腿的一块肌肉拉伤了。
  2. If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear.
     这块肌肉要是再拉伸的话，甚至可能会撕裂。
  3. ...torn ligaments.
     拉伤的韧带
• VERB 撕掉;扯去;拔掉
  Totearsomething from somewhere means to remove it roughly and violently.
  1. She tore the windscreen wipers from his car...
     她猛地扯掉他车上的雨刷。
  2. He tore down the girl's photograph, and crumpled it into a ball.
     他一把扯下那女孩的照片，将它揉成一团。
• VERB (人、动物)撕扯，撕咬
  If a person or animaltears atsomething, they pull it violently and try to break it into pieces.
  1. Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.
     女粉丝冲破保安的阻拦，撕扯他的衣裳。
• VERB (常指失控或危险地)奔，冲，闯
  If youtearsomewhere, you move there very quickly, often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way.
  1. The door flew open and Miranda tore into the room...
     门猛地开了，米兰达闯进房间。
  2. Without looking to left or to right, he tore off down the road.
     他也不朝两边看，就在路上开始狂奔。
• V-PASSIVE 使饱经创伤;使经受磨难
  If you say that a placeis torn byparticular events, you mean that unpleasant events which cause suffering and division among people are happening there.
  1. ...a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence.
     自独立以来就饱受内战和外敌入侵之苦的国家
• See also:tornwear and tear. to tear a strip off

英英释义

noun

• the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
  1. I hate to hear the crying of a child
  2. she was in tears
  Synonym:cryingweeping

双语例句

• Her tears washed away the paint from her face.
  泪水把她脸上的脂粉都冲掉了。
• She sounded close to tears
  她听上去要哭了。
• She couldn't hold back her tears.
  她忍不住掉下了眼泪。
• He looked mournful, even near to tears
  他看起来很悲伤，几乎要流泪了。
• The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
  他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。
• How shall I refrain from tears when we part?
  我们分手时，我怎么能抑制住眼泪？
• Tears streamed [ ran] down her cheeks.
  泪水沿着她的面颊流下来。
• She brushed away tears as she spoke of him
  谈到他时，她拭去了脸上的泪水。
• Tears well up in one's eyes.
  泪如泉涌。
• 'I was looking for Sally', he blurted, and his eyes filled with tears.
  “我当时正在在找萨莉”，他脱口而出，眼里噙满了泪水。